message-notifier

Message-notifier is a terminal based application for messages like Twitter. It works with messages which are send to all the followers of the user.

Requirements

• Git
• Make
• C++17
• g++

How to install

1. Clone the repository

$ git clone git@github.com:akahenry/message-notifier.git

2. Compile the applications with make

$ make all

Now the binaries should be in bin folder.

How to use

Client

The client needs to know your username, the server address and port. So you must pass them into its parameters:

$ ./bin/client john 127.0.0.1 3000

You can send messages with the SEND prefix:

$ ./bin/client john 127.0.0.1 3000
> SEND Hello world!

You can follow other users with the FOLLOW @ prefix:

$ ./bin/client john 127.0.0.1 3000
> FOLLOW @peter

You can also exit the application with EXIT command or CTRL+C or CTRL+D (exit):

$ ./bin/client john 127.0.0.1 3000
> EXIT

Server

The server needs to know the port which it will listen for client connections. As the client, you must pass it into its parameters.

$ ./bin/server 3000

Loadbalancer

The loadbalancer need to know the port which it will listen for client connections. Also, you must pass the server addresses in the parameters too.

$ ./bin/loadbalancer 4000 127.0.0.1:3000 127.0.0.1:3001